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Wintry Peacock

by D. H. Lawrence

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A French letter brings an uneasy marriage into view in Wintry Peacock by D. H. Lawrence. Walking through Tible on a bitter winter day, the unnamed narrator meets Mrs. Goyte, who asks him to translate a message addressed to her husband. Alfred has spent years abroad while she lives with his parents. The letter from Elise speaks of love and a newborn child, leaving the narrator to decide how much he will tell the woman waiting beside him.

Lawrence gives this short story two closely linked concerns: the handling of another person's private life and the care owed to a vulnerable creature. Mrs. Goyte's fondness for Joey, a peacock she brought from her former home, takes on weight when the narrator finds him exhausted in deep snow. The first-person voice is observant but also evasive, and the sharply drawn cold landscape keeps human discomfort close to the birds' physical distress.

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D. H. Lawrence

D. H. Lawrence (1885 to 1930) was an English novelist, poet, and essayist, the son of a Nottinghamshire miner. His frank and passionate novels about love, class, and the body made him one of the most influential and controversial writers of the twentieth century.

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Pages
14
Language
English
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